Granular cell tumor of the mediastinum

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-181

  Machida, Emi ^a   Haniuda, Masayuki ^a   Eguchi, Takashi ^a   Kurai, Makoto ^a   Yamanda, Takeshi ^a   Amano, Jun ^a   Ota, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granular cell tumor; Mediastinal tumor

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORACOSCOPE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0344837283     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.178     Document Type: Article

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